Steven Slater is our hero.
The irritated JetBlue Flight Attendant quit his job in hilarious, dramatic, illegal fashion yesterday, cursing off a passenger, grabbing two beers and exiting from a parked plane via its emergency slide.
He's since been arrested on charges of criminal mischief and reckless endangerment and might actually spend time in jail. As you might expect, Slater's mother isn't happy with this possibility.
TMZ spoke to Slater's ex-wife, Cynthia Susanne, who relayed his mom's take on the situation. She confirms her son's story that Steven "politely" asked a woman to return to her seat until the plane taxied to a full stop.
In response, this individual cursed the flight attendant off and pulled down her bag from the overhead bin. Slater's mom says her son described this action as "malicious."
The Slater family is also upset because a different passenger on the flight is making the media around today, trying to earn money off the incident, despite not even sitting anywhere close to the awful woman in question.
Overall, it's one of our favorite stories of the year.
What do you think should happen to Steve Slater?